CLINTON — Seventeen-year-old Emma Culbertson has been interested in business for several years. Now, as a junior at Clinton High School, she took the opportunity to start her own business, focusing on her talents and love of art.

Culbertson created by em, a sign business she turned into an LLC (limited liability corporation) last February.

All of this, she says, came about due to her involvement in the Central Illinois Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CICEO).

• See the complete story in the Friday, May 14 print edition of the Clinton Journal or now in the Journal E-Edition for subscribers.